Guest AlexTM Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hi folks, Sorry for yet another question! Can anyone tell me if any LNWR wooden bodied wagons survived into the late 1950s? I am particularly interested in those wagons as modelled by Ration, i.e. 10ton 4, and 5plank opens (latter being sometimes used for loco coal), dropsides and bolster pair/single plank wagon. Many thanks for any help with this. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Alex, Not exactly an answer to your question but a while back I did an analysis of the mean life of various companies' wagons at grouping. I seem to recollect that the LNWR wagon stock had the shortest life with a figure of about 12 years. The inplication is that very few waons would have survived to nationisation. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexTM Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hi Bill, Thanks for that. Interesting piece of research; I can only assume that it was a labour of love as it sounds like a lot of hard work. I had a 'gut feeling' that they would not have lasted but since other pre-grouping stock survived I thought it worth asking. Again, many thanks. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 According to the LNWR Society's website D.84 4-plank wagons survived until '1958-60'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Actually not much research, the information is in LNWR wagons vol 1. As a student of the London & South Western Railway, I find it interresting that their stock lasted much longer than other railways. Off the top of my head, a LSWR wagon at grouping had an average age of 18 years. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexTM Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hi again, Thanks for that update. What little I know about pre-group wagons and their survival stems from seeing examples in photos where there is enough evidence around them to give approximate dates. The again, there is no way of knowing if what appears in a photo is commonplace or unique. Do you know if the slightly larger, 5-plank, version survived this late? (If it did then I can justify the kit as I'll be able to run both vehicles.) Again, thanks for this info. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Actually not much research, the information is in LNWR wagons vol 1. As a student of the London & South Western Railway, I find it interresting that their stock lasted much longer than other railways. Off the top of my head, a LSWR wagon at grouping had an average age of 18 years. Whilst the mean averages might be useful in giving an idea of when a class is past it's prime it doesn't necessarily help much with late survivors. You can get an average of "say" 15 years with the first ones of a class going at 7 or 8 years (most likely accident damage) and the odd late survivor lasting 40 years. (Think of the Beattie well tanks or Adams Radials as extreme examples whcih most are familiar with). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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